Spout for tea-kettles



(No Model.)

J. WLYATESP SPOUT FOR TEA KETTLES. No. 336,977. Patented Mar. 2, 1886-:

NITED STATES ATE FICEQ JOHN WV. YATES, OF BOURBON, INDIANA.

SPOUT FOR TEA-KETTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,977, dated March 2,1886.

Application filed October 30, 1885. Serial No. 181,398. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. Yarns, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at Bourbon, in the county of Marshall and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spouts for Tea-Kettles,&c., of which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe accompanying draw- IDgS.

My invention has relation to improvements in spouts for tea-kettles andthe like; and it consists of the peculiar construction and arrangementof parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claim.

The invention is especially designed as an improvement upon thetea-kettle spout patented to J. Ash on the 30th day of January, 1872,and numbered 123,215. i

In the patent just mentioned it is very dimoult to properly secure thespout to the body of the kettle, owing to the fact that the upper edgesof the side wings of the spout provide but a limited space for seamingthe kettlebody thereto, and the inner edges of spout proper have to besoldered to the kettle-body or seamed thereto independent of the sidewings of the spout. This operation is very difficult to perform, andrequires time and skill to successfully accomplish the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a spout for tea-kettles,which can be easily and quickly applied or secured to the body thereof,and without danger or liability to leak, and which shall be simple,strong, and durable in construction, and be manufactured very cheaply.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a central vertical section througha tea-kettle having my improved spout applied thereto. Fig. 2 is adetail perspective view of a spout ready to be secured to a kettle. Fig.3 is a view of the blank from which the spout is formed.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, A designates a teakettle ofordinary well-known construction, and D my improved spout.

The kettle and spout are formed from sheet metal, the kettle hereinshown having a bottom, a, a body, b, secured to the bottom a by a doubleseam, c, and a top, d, secured to the body by a double seam, e, the bodyhaving an opening or space in its froutvertical walls where the spout Dis to be secured thereto.

The blank E from which the spout is formed is shown in Fig. 3, and hastwo lateral side arms, f, separated from the body f thereof by diagonalcuts at their upper edges; and the upper, lower, and side edges of thebody are curved or rounded, as shown, and at its middle said body f ofthe blank is countersunk or depressed, as at g, and provided with aseries of tapering corrugations, h.

The blank, the countersunk portion, and corrugations are cut or stampedby dies of suitable form or construction; and to form the spout the armsf are brought together by bending the blank at the middle countersunkportion,g, and leaving the side, the bottom, and top edges on the sameplane, while the tapering corrugated spout projects beyond said sideedges and at an angle thereto. (See Fig. 2.) The spout is thus providedwith four wings or edges, which are on the same plane with each other,the side,top,and bottom wings being lettered i, i, j, and k,respectively, as shown in Fig. 4, and these wings project beyond thespout proper and serve as a convenient and easy means of attachment tothe kettle.

The edges of the wings are secured to the kettle by double-seaming,toprevent any leakage, the wings z' i being secured to the vertical edgesof the opening in the kettle-body, the top wing, j, to the lower edge ofthe cutaway portion or opening in the said body, and the lower wing, k,to the bottom of the kettle-body. It will thus be seen that I provide aspout which can be quickly and readily secured to the kettle-body, thatany liability to leakage is obviated by reason of the strong and securejoint between the same, that the spout is simple, strong, and durable inits construction, and that it can be manufactured very cheaply Havingthus fully described my invention, In testimony that I claim theforegoing as [0 what I claim as new, and desire to secure by my own Ihave hereto afiixed my signature Letters Patent, isin presence of twowitnesses.

A spout formed from a single piece of sheet 5 metal, consisting of aconducting-nozzle and JOHN W. YATES.

having projecting side, top, and bottom wings arranged on the sameplane, in combination \Vitnesses:

with akett1e-body,to which the several wings JOHN D. THOMAS, are securedby double seams, as set forth. CHARLES H. NEW.

